Improvement in school-desks



WILLIAM M. BROOKE.`

lmprovementrin School Desks.

Patented Dec. 26,1871.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM M. BROOKE, OF EATON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOL-DESKS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,221, dated December 26, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. BROOKE, of Eaton, in the county of Preble and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in School-Desks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of such parts. as will more specifically be set forth in the claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a tral'lsverse vertical section of my entire schooLdesk. Fig. 2 is a front view of a portion of the seat, and 3 represents the hinged joint of the seat.

A represents the standard; B, thebtop; C, the book-case; and D the back of myschool-desk.

E represents the seat, composed of a series of slats attached to arms Gr, which are hinged at a to the standards A, the slats extending beyond said arms. The hinges a are formed on the inside -of the standards A, and in front of said hinges the standards have each a suitable projection, b, upon which the ends of the seat E rest when down, said projections thus forming a rest on top ofthe standards for the seat. These projections are, in fact, parts of the standards, and cast with them. Having-thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire vto secure by Letters Patent, is I The arms G G, constructed as shown, in combination with seat E and standards A A, with projections b b, all so arranged that the arms will fall between the projections while the ends of the seat will rest or loe supported thereon, substantially in the manner set forth.

WILLIAM M. BROOKE. 

